单词 | areola |
释义 | areolan. A very small area. 1. One of the small spaces marked out on a surface by intersecting lines, such as those between the veins of a leaf or the nervures of an insect's wing. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > marks > [noun] > linear mark > spaces between lines areola1664 areolet1828 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 49 Pentagonal and hexagonal areola's [on Corn Poppy seeds]. 1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 313 A cluster of sporule-like areolæ of cellular tissue. 2. One of the interstices in the tissue of any organized substance. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > substance > [noun] > interstices in cell1665 areola1848 1848 J. Quain Elem. Anat. (1882) II. 107 The cell spaces in the calcified matrix [of bone]..being termed the primary areolæ. 1874 W. H. Van Buren & E. L. Keyes Pract. Treat. Surg. Dis. Genito-urinary Organs 2 The areolæ of this tissue become distended with blood. 3. A circular spot; a coloured circle such as that around the human nipple, and that which surrounds the vesicles or pustules in eruptive diseases. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > skin > mark on skin > [noun] markOE lineationa1398 areola1706 halo1706 Mongolian spot1907 triradius1960 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Areola Papillaris, the Circle about a Nipple. 1874 W. R. Grove On Correlation Physical Forces (ed. 6) 365 Surrounded by a dusky and ill-defined areola. 1877 F. T. Roberts Handbk. Med. (ed. 3) I. 164 A faint red areola appears. 4. Biology. a. A slightly depressed spot on any surface. ΚΠ 1872 H. A. Nicholson Man. Palæontol. 105 A round or oval smooth and excavated space which is termed the areola. b. The cell-nucleus of a plant. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > substance > cell > cell organelle or contents > [noun] > nucleus > types of phacocyst1845 areola1862 subnucleus1862 fusion nucleus1904 eukaryon1957 1862 C. Darwin On Var. Contrivances Orchids Fertilised v. 206 With a faint areola or nucleus visible. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1664 |
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